BEIRUT, Aug 14- Syrian authorities, seeking to attract foreign currency deposits, outlined terms on Tuesday for new certificates of deposit the government this month allowed the central bank to issue. Banks in Syria can now place surplus foreign currency in euros and dollars into certificates of deposit in the central bank, the central bank's Credit and...

*Iran has nothing to worry about- top leader Khamenei. BEIJING/ BERLIN, Aug 8- China and Germany defended their business ties with Iran on Wednesday in the face of President Donald Trump's warning that any companies trading with the Islamic Republic would be barred from the United States. The comments from Beijing and Berlin signalled growing anger from partners...

*Iran has nothing to worry about- top leader Khamenei. BEIJING/ BERLIN, Aug 8- China and Germany defended their business ties with Iran on Wednesday in the face of President Donald Trump's warning that any companies trading with the Islamic Republic would be barred from the United States. The comments from Beijing and Berlin signaled growing anger from partners...

*Anger follows Trump tweet, reimposition of Iran sanctions. BEIJING/ BERLIN, Aug 8- China and Germany defended their business ties with Iran on Wednesday in the face of President Donald Trump's warning that any companies trading with the Islamic Republic would be barred from the United States. The comments from Beijing and Berlin signalled growing anger from...

*Trump says firms dealing with Iran will not do business with U.S. BEIRUT/ LONDON, Aug 7- Companies doing business with Iran will be barred from the United States, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, as new U.S. sanctions took effect despite pleas from Washington's allies. Iran dismissed a last-minute offer from the Trump administration for talks, saying it...

*Trump: firms dealing with Iran will not do business with U.S. BEIRUT/ LONDON, Aug 7- Firms doing business with Iran will be barred from the United States, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, as new U.S. sanctions took effect in spite of pleas from Washington's allies. Iran dismissed a last-minute offer from the Trump administration for talks, saying it could not...

BEIRUT, July 31- Lebanon's economy is fragile, unsustainable and needs the state to enact reforms, a senior World Bank official said on Tuesday as the country neared three months without a government since parliamentary elections in May. "Lebanon has been defying gravity for quite some time," World Bank Group Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa...

BEIRUT, July 12- Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said on Thursday he expects the economy to grow 2 percent and for inflation to be 4-5 percent in 2018, noting that financial markets were awaiting the formation of a new government. Lebanon has been suffering weak growth since 2011, hit by regional turmoil. Salameh noted the political situation in...

BEIRUT, July 12- Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said on Thursday he expects the economy to grow by 2 percent and for inflation to be 4-5 percent in 2018.. Speaking at an economic conference in Beirut, Salameh said the estimates were made in the light of a slowdown in the real estate sector and stable consumption. Lebanon's economy relies on the...

BRUSSELS- German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks at the European Parliament about his plans to reform the euro zone- 0700 GMT. FRANKFURT- The European Central Bank publishes the accounts of its policy meeting of June 13-14- 1130 GMT. BRUSSELS- ECB President Mario Draghi and ECB Board Member Benoit Coeure participating in Eurogroup meeting in Brussels,...

BAGHDAD, June 28- When Maher Abu Hissam started his Baghdad bookshop two decades ago he was selling up to 40 books a day, such was the hunger for literature in the days of Saddam Hussein, even though the regime banned anything it did not like. Censorship was lifted when a U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam in 2003 but far from an upturn in sales these days Hissam...

LONDON- A roundtable with Javier Guzman, deputy governor and member of the board of governors at the Banco de Mexico. LONDON Bank of England Financial Stability Report June 2018 0930 GMT. FRANKFURT- The European Central Bank releases monthly data on lending and money supply 0800 GMT.